Hangzhou Transportation

Hangzhou is a hub of
communications on the southeast
coast with all means of
transportation like railway, roads,
water and air transport. it has main
and branch railway lines.

The fastest
train between Shanghai and
Hangzhou only takes one and a half
hours. it has two river systems,
namely, the Grand canal and The
Qiantang River, Which were
connected in 1986 and this links up
the Qiangtang River, River Yong,
Brook Tian, River Caoe and the
grand canal and formed a new
water net whose center is
Hangzhou.

It is now the hub of
roads in Zhejiang Province with the
roads leading to Quzhou, Anhui,
Ningbo, Shanghai, etc. The city has
over 30 flight routes. Every week
there are over 180 flights take off in
Hangzhou, among which the flights
to Hong Konq, Pekinq, Canton,
Shenzhen, Wuhang Xiame, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Wenzhou, Huangyan
take off everyday. There are 1-4 flights to Singapore, Haikou,
Shantou, Guilin, Kunming, Shenyang, Dalian, Quzhou, Shijianzhuang, Mt.
Hangshan. Changsha, Taiyuan Chengdu, Chongqing Man, Lanzhou,
Tsingtao, Hefei, Nanking, Harbin, etc. Now, a new international arport is
under construction in Xiaoshan, Hangzhou.